{"id":34582,"date":"2016-03-29T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=34582"},"modified":"2024-04-10T23:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T06:37:50","slug":"find-the-perfect-hue-with-this-handy-color-thesaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/find-the-perfect-hue-with-this-handy-color-thesaurus","title":{"rendered":"Find the Perfect Hue with This Handy Color Thesaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/20-everyday-struggles-when-youre-a-color-addict?utm_source=ownedsocial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=blogposts&amp;utm_content=topevergreencontent\">color addict<\/a>, then you know the struggles of picking the perfect color. How do you put into words that exact shade you&#8217;re looking for? Well, you need a color thesaurus. If only something like that existed. Oh wait &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; it does? Yup, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ingridsundberg.com\/2014\/02\/04\/the-color-thesaurus\/\">here it is<\/a>.<br \/>\nIngrid Sundberg is a writer and artist based in California who has spent some time doing children&#8217;s books. She even just finished her <a href=\"http:\/\/ingridsundberg.com\/books\/\">first novel<\/a>. Sundberg came up with the Color Thesaurus <a href=\"http:\/\/ingridsundberg.com\/2014\/02\/04\/the-color-thesaurus\/\">back in 2014<\/a>, and as she wrote in a blog post, &#8220;I can paint a more evocative image in my reader&acirc;&euro;&trade;s mind if I describe a character&acirc;&euro;&trade;s hair as the color of rust or carrot-squash, rather than red.&#8221; So she created the Color Thesaurus, and here we are. She&#8217;s even working on a poster of the project, too.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223047\/color-thesaurus-01.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34587\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223051\/color-thesaurus-10.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34593\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223056\/color-thesaurus-06.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34591\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223100\/color-thesaurus-04.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34589\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223105\/color-thesaurus-07.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34596\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223109\/color-thesaurus-09.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34592\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223113\/color-thesaurus-11.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34594\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223117\/color-thesaurus-02.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34588\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223229\/color-thesaurus-03.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34598\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223314\/color-thesaurus-12.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34595\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223319\/color-thesaurus-08.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34597\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/03\/10223323\/color-thesaurus-05.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34590\"><br \/>\nThis is a great start. Now we just need to pair these with some more obscure hex codes and Pantone shades, and we&#8217;ll be all set.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinwhipps.com\">Kevin Whipps<\/a> is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When he&#8217;s not working on one of the many writing projects in his queue, he&#8217;s designing stickers with his wife at <a href=\"http:\/\/whippsstickerco.com\">Whipps Sticker Co.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a color addict, then you know the struggles of picking the perfect color. How do you put into words that exact shade you&#8217;re looking for? Well, you need a color thesaurus. If only something like that existed. Oh wait &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; it does? Yup, and here it is. 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